JP2011083934A - Printing condition setting apparatus and program - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To display icons which properly indicate two-color double face printing. <P>SOLUTION: Double face instruction signal to instruct to conduct double face printing is received, and also input of color information of one face and color information of the other face is received. When double face instruction signal is received, the icon showing the color information of one face and the icon showing the color information of the other face are displayed separately based on the received color information. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a printing condition setting apparatus and a program for receiving printing conditions of a stencil printing apparatus.

  Conventionally, various printers such as an ink jet printer and a stencil printing apparatus are known. When printing using such a printer, a user interface screen is displayed on the computer by a printer driver, and various print condition settings are accepted on the screen.

  An icon reflecting the printing condition is displayed on the user interface screen so that the user can recognize at a glance what kind of printing condition has been set by the user.

  For example, since an inkjet printer can perform monochrome printing, full color printing, duplex printing, and the like, an icon indicating monochrome printing or full color printing, an icon indicating duplex printing, and the like are displayed.

  Here, when performing double-sided printing in an inkjet printer, either double-sided monochrome printing or double-sided full-color printing is performed. For example, when performing double-sided monochrome printing, a crease paper image as shown in FIG. Are represented by an icon indicating double-sided printing and an icon indicating monochrome printing provided at the upper left. Further, when performing full color printing, it is represented by an icon indicating double-sided printing represented by a crease paper image and an icon indicating full color printing provided on the upper left as shown in FIG.

  On the other hand, for example, Patent Document 1 proposes a stencil printing apparatus for double-sided printing including two printing drums, and the stencil printing apparatus for double-sided printing is configured to be capable of single-color single-sided printing and single-color double-sided printing. Has been.

  Therefore, as icons representing these, for example, an icon as shown in FIG. 16 can be used as an icon indicating single-color duplex printing. That is, the crease paper image indicates double-sided printing, and the color of the image indicates the type of single color. Further, as an icon indicating monochromatic single-sided printing, the crease portion of the icon shown in FIG. 16 may be eliminated. That is, all print processing conditions can be expressed by one icon.

  Patent Document 2 proposes a stencil printing apparatus for two-color printing provided with two printing drums, and this stencil printing apparatus for two-color printing is configured to be capable of monochromatic printing and two-color printing. ing.

  Therefore, as icons representing these, for example, icons as shown in FIG. 8 can be used as icons indicating two-color printing. That is, two-color printing can be expressed by changing the color of the image to two colors. Further, as an icon indicating single-color printing, the icon color shown in FIG. That is, all print processing conditions can be expressed by one icon.

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  However, for example, when a stencil printing apparatus that uses two printing drums and performs single-color printing on the front and back surfaces (hereinafter referred to as “two-color duplex printing”), an icon representing two-color duplex printing is displayed. There is a need to.

  Here, in the ink jet printer, as described above, since the process of printing different single colors on the front surface and the back surface of the printing paper is not performed, the icon shown in FIG. 14 or the icon shown in FIG. Cannot represent duplex printing.

  Further, for example, using icon display in the stencil printing apparatus, as shown in FIG. 17, a double-sided printing is indicated by a fold image, and a two-color printing is indicated by the color of the image, thereby displaying one icon. However, when icons are displayed in this way, it is not possible to recognize which colors are printed on the front and back sides, and two colors are printed on both the front and back sides. It can also be recognized as representing.

  In view of the above circumstances, the present invention provides a printing condition setting device that can display an icon that appropriately represents two-color duplex printing in a printing condition setting device that receives printing conditions in a stencil printing device that performs two-color duplex printing. It is intended to provide.

  A printing condition setting apparatus according to the present invention is a printing condition setting apparatus that receives printing conditions in a stencil printing apparatus that can print different colors on different sides of a printing paper using two printing drums, and performs duplex printing. A printing condition reception unit that receives a double-side instruction signal that instructs to perform, a color information reception unit that receives input of color information on one side and color information on the other side, and a double-side instruction signal received by the printing condition reception unit A display control unit that separately displays an icon indicating the color information of one surface and an icon indicating the color information of the other surface based on the color information received by the color information receiving unit. It is characterized by that.

  In the printing condition setting device of the present invention, the color information receiving unit can receive the color information of one surface and the color information of the other surface output from the stencil printing device.

  Further, the ink container loaded in the stencil printing apparatus has storage means for storing the color information of the ink accommodated in the ink container, and the color information receiving unit is installed in the two printing drums. The color information read from each storage means can be received as color information of one surface and the other surface.

  Further, the display control unit can display information indicating the front surface and information indicating the back surface together with the icons.

  Further, the display control unit can display information indicating a long side binding or information indicating a short side binding together with an icon.

  In addition, the display control unit can display the information of the printing drum that prints the color information together with the color information.

  Further, the stencil printing apparatus is capable of monochrome printing on one surface of printing paper using one of the two printing drums, and the printing condition receiving unit instructs the monochrome printing to perform monochrome printing. It is assumed that the instruction signal is received, and the display control unit can be switched to display only the icon indicating the color information of one surface when the instruction receiving unit receives the single color instruction signal.

  Further, the stencil printing apparatus is capable of printing two different colors on one side of the printing paper using two printing drums, and the printing condition reception unit instructs the two-color printing to be performed. It is assumed that the instruction signal is received, and the display control unit can be switched to display only an icon indicating two color information on one surface when the two-color instruction signal is received by the instruction receiving unit.

  A printing condition setting program according to the present invention is a printing condition for causing a computer to execute a procedure for receiving printing conditions in a stencil printing apparatus capable of printing different colors on different surfaces of a printing paper using two printing drums. A setting program, a procedure for receiving a duplex instruction signal instructing to perform duplex printing, a procedure for receiving input of color information on one side and color information on the other side, and a duplex instruction signal are received In this case, a procedure for separately displaying an icon indicating the color information of one surface and an icon indicating the color information of the other surface is executed.

  In the printing condition setting program of the present invention, it is possible to execute a procedure for receiving the color information of one side and the color information of the other side outputted from the stencil printing apparatus.

  The ink container loaded in the stencil printing apparatus has storage means for storing the color information of the ink stored in the ink container, and is read from the storage means of the ink containers loaded in the two printing drums. It is possible to execute a procedure for receiving the output color information as color information of one surface and the other surface.

  Moreover, the procedure which displays the information which shows the surface and the information which shows a back surface with an icon can be performed.

  Moreover, the procedure which displays the information which shows a long edge or the information which shows a short edge together with an icon can be performed.

  In addition to the color information, it is possible to execute a procedure for displaying information of a printing drum that prints the color information.

  A stencil printing apparatus capable of monochrome printing on one side of printing paper using one of the two printing drums and receiving a monochrome instruction signal instructing to perform monochrome printing; When a single color instruction signal is received, a procedure for switching to display of only an icon indicating the color information of one surface can be executed.

  Further, the stencil printing apparatus is capable of printing two different colors on one side of the printing paper using two printing drums, and receiving a two-color instruction signal for instructing two-color printing. When a two-color instruction signal is received, a procedure for switching to displaying only an icon indicating two color information on one surface can be executed.

  According to the printing condition setting device and the program of the present invention, a double-sided instruction signal instructing to perform double-sided printing is received, and input of color information on one side and color information on the other side is received, and a double-sided instruction signal is received. Since the icon indicating the color information of one surface and the icon indicating the color information of the other surface are displayed separately based on the received color information, the front surface and the back surface are displayed. It is possible to recognize which color is to be printed, and to display an icon that appropriately represents two-color duplex printing.

  Further, in the printing condition setting apparatus and program of the present invention, the color information read from the storage means of the ink containers loaded on the two printing drums is received as the color information on one side and the other side, respectively. In this case, the color information can be acquired automatically without the user setting the color information.

  In addition, when the information indicating the front side and the information indicating the back side are displayed together with the icon, or the information indicating the long side binding or the information indicating the short side binding is displayed, the information is appropriately recognized. be able to.

  Further, when the information of the printing drum that prints the color information is displayed together with the color information, it is possible to immediately know which color of ink is filled in which printing drum.

  Further, when a single color instruction signal instructing to perform single color printing is received, and when the single color instruction signal is received, the display is switched to only the icon indicating the color information of one surface, two colors are displayed. Not only double-sided printing but also single-color printing color information can be appropriately displayed and recognized.

  In addition, when a two-color instruction signal instructing to perform two-color printing is received, and when the two-color instruction signal is received, the display is switched to only displaying icons indicating two color information on one side. Can properly display and recognize not only two-color duplex printing but also two-color printing color information.

1 is an overall schematic configuration diagram of a stencil printing system using an embodiment of a printing condition setting device of the present invention. 1 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of the printer driver shown in FIG. The figure which shows an example of the printing process condition selection screen of the user interface displayed by the printer driver shown in FIG. The figure which shows an example of the color information selection screen of the user interface displayed by the printer driver shown in FIG. The figure which shows an example of the icon which shows 2 color double-sided printing of a short edge binding The figure which shows an example of the printing process condition selection screen of the user interface displayed by the printer driver shown in FIG. The figure which shows an example of the color information selection screen of the user interface displayed by the printer driver shown in FIG. The figure which shows an example of the icon which shows 2 color printing The flowchart for demonstrating the effect | action of the icon display by the printer driver shown in FIG. The figure for demonstrating the effect | action of the monochrome printing of the stencil printing apparatus shown in FIG. The figure for demonstrating the effect | action of 2 color printing of the stencil printing apparatus shown in FIG. The figure for demonstrating the effect | action of double-sided printing of the stencil printing apparatus shown in FIG. The figure which shows an example of the icon which matched the printing drum and the color information printed with the printing drum The figure which shows an example of the icon which shows the monochrome printing of an inkjet printer The figure which shows an example of the icon which shows the full color printing of an inkjet printer The figure which shows an example of the icon which shows the monochrome double-sided printing of the conventional stencil printing apparatus The figure which shows an example at the time of displaying the icon which shows 2 color double-sided printing by the conventional method

  Hereinafter, a stencil printing system using an embodiment of a printing condition setting device of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. The stencil printing system of the present embodiment is characterized by icon display by a printer driver. First, the overall schematic configuration will be described. FIG. 1 is an overall schematic configuration diagram of a stencil printing system of the present embodiment.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the stencil printing system of this embodiment accepts printing conditions and converts image data for double-sided printing, two-color printing, and single-color printing into print data such as PDL (Page Description language) data. A computer 1 in which a printer driver 25 for output is installed, and a stencil printing apparatus 2 that performs double-sided printing, two-color printing, and single-color printing based on print data and printing conditions output from the printer driver 25 of the computer 1 are provided. ing.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the stencil printing apparatus 2 of the present embodiment is read by an image reading unit 10 that reads an image of a document and outputs image data, print data output from the computer 1, or an image reading unit 10. The first and second plate making sections 30 and 35 that perform the plate making process on the stencil sheet M based on the image data, and the stencil sheet M made by the first and second plate making sections 30 and 35 are used for printing paper P1. The first and second printing units 40 and 50 that perform printing, the paper feeding unit 20 that feeds the printing paper P1 to the first printing unit 40, and the printed printing paper P2 that has been printed by the first printing unit 40 Inverted, stocked once, and then fed to the second printing unit 50 at a predetermined timing, and the printed paper P2 printed by the first printing unit 40 is printed on the second printing unit. Transport to 50 side Intermediate conveying section 60, the printed print sheet P3 printed by the second printing unit 50 and a paper output unit 80 to be discharged that.

  The image reading unit 10 includes a line image sensor that photoelectrically reads image information of a document, scans the document with the line image sensor, and outputs image data.

  The first plate making unit 30 has a thermal head 31 in which a plurality of heating elements are arranged in a line, and performs the plate making process on the stencil sheet M fed from the stencil sheet roll using the thermal head 31. Is.

  Similarly to the first plate making unit 30, the second plate making unit 35 has a thermal head 36, and performs the plate making process on the stencil sheet M fed from the stencil sheet roll using the thermal head 36. is there.

  In the stencil printing apparatus according to the present embodiment, two plate making units are provided. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and only one plate making unit is provided, and the plate making unit includes the first plate making unit 30 and the second plate making unit. You may make it move to the position of the plate-making part 35. FIG.

  The first printing unit 40 presses the printing paper P1 and the first printing drum 41 with a predetermined press pressure against the first printing drum 41 having a cylindrical shape such as a perforated metal plate or a mesh structure. A first press roller 42 and a first separation claw 43 for separating the printed printing paper P2 from the first printing drum 41 and guiding the separated printed printing paper P2 are provided. The first printing drum 41 is mounted with the stencil stencil sheet M perforated in the first stencil making unit 30 wound around.

  Similarly to the first printing unit 40, the second printing unit 50 is configured to press the cylindrical second printing drum 51 and the printing paper P2 against the second printing drum 51 with a predetermined press pressure. A press roller 52 and a second separation claw 53 for separating the printed printing paper P3 from the second printing drum 51 are provided. The second printing drum 51 is mounted with the stencil stencil sheet M punched in the second stencil making unit 35 being wound around.

  In the present embodiment, the surface of the printing paper printed by the first printing unit 40 is referred to as the front surface, and the surface of the printing paper printed by the second printing unit 50 is referred to as the back surface.

  The paper supply unit 20 includes a paper supply base 21 on which the print paper P1 is placed, and a primary paper supply roller 22 that takes out the print paper P1 one by one from the paper supply base 21 and sends it to the secondary paper supply roller 23. The leading end of the printing paper P1 that is disposed downstream of the primary paper feeding roller 22 in the carrying direction is temporarily stopped, and the printing paper P1 is transferred to the first printing drum at a predetermined timing. A secondary paper feed roller 23 is provided between 41 and the first press roller 42.

  A curved conveying unit 44 is installed between the first printing unit 40 and the intermediate stock unit 46. As shown in FIG. 1, the curved conveyance unit 44 includes a guide plate having a curved surface along the conveyance path. On the curved surface of the guide plate, a conveyor belt provided with a suction port for sucking the printing paper P1 sent out from the first printing unit 40 is installed. A pulley 45 that circulates and moves the transport belt is provided. The curved conveying unit 44 sucks the printed printing paper P2 by the suction port of the conveying belt and rotates the pulley 45 to convey the printed printing paper P2 by the conveying belt along the curved surface of the guide plate. This is sent to the stock unit 46.

  Further, the curved conveying portion 44 is formed with an escape portion 49 into which the gate member 61 enters during single-color printing and two-color printing. The escape portion 49 is formed with such a depth that when the gate member 61 enters, the upper guide surface of the front end portion of the gate member 61 is located below the sheet conveyance path.

  Between the intermediate stock unit 46 and the second printing unit 50, the paper is picked up by the tertiary paper feed roller 47 that picks up the printed printing paper P 2 transported from the intermediate stock unit 46 and the tertiary paper feed roller 47. Further, a quaternary paper feed roller 48 that sequentially feeds the printed printing paper P2 between the second printing drum 51 and the second press roller 52 at a predetermined timing is provided.

  Here, a detailed configuration of the intermediate conveyance unit 60 will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the intermediate conveyance unit 60 includes a gate member 61 that guides a printed printing paper P <b> 2 that has been printed by the first printing drum 41, and a printed printing paper P <b> 2 that is guided by the gate member 61. And a flap member 63 for guiding the printed printing paper P2 conveyed by the intermediate conveyance belt 62 to the second printing drum side.

  The gate member 61 is formed by arranging a large number of triangular plate members along the direction in which the central axis of the cylinder of the first printing drum 41 extends (the thickness direction in FIG. 1). The upper surface of the gate member 61 is used as a guide surface during monochromatic printing and two-color printing, and the lower surface of the gate member 61 is used as a guide surface during double-sided printing. Further, the gate member 61 is attached to a rotation shaft, and rotates in the vertical direction with the rotation shaft as a central axis.

  The flap member 63 is formed by arranging a number of triangular prism-shaped members along the direction in which the central axis of the cylinder of the second printing drum 51 extends (the thickness direction in FIG. 1). The upper surface of the flap member 63 is used as a guide surface during monochromatic printing and two-color printing, and the lower surface of the flap member 63 is used as a guide surface during double-sided printing.

  Further, the flap member 63 is attached to a rotating shaft, and rotates in the vertical direction with the rotating shaft as a central axis.

  An intermediate conveyance belt portion 62 is provided between the gate member 61 and the flap member 63. The intermediate conveyance belt unit 62 includes a conveyance belt 62 a provided with a suction port for sucking the printed printing paper P <b> 2 guided by the gate member 61. Rotating rollers 62c and 62d that circulate and move the transport belt 62a are provided. The rotating roller 62c is attached to a rotating shaft to which the gate member 61 is attached. The intermediate conveyance belt unit 62 sucks the printed printing paper P2 through the suction port of the conveyance belt 62a, and rotates the rotating rollers 62c and 62d to transfer the printed printing paper P2 to the flap member 63 by the conveyance belt 62a. Transport toward.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 1, a guide plate 64 is provided so as to face the conveyance path surface of the curved conveyance unit 44, and the printed printing paper P2 carried out from the intermediate stock unit 46 is transferred to the second printing drum. A guide plate 65 is provided to guide toward 51.

  The paper discharge unit 80 is a paper discharge feeding belt unit 72 that conveys the double-sided printed printing paper P3 to the paper discharge table 81, and a paper discharge on which the double-sided printed printing paper P3 conveyed by the paper discharge feeding belt unit 72 is stacked. A stand 81 is provided.

  Next, the printer driver 25 of the computer 1 will be described. FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a schematic configuration of the printer driver 25. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing only a configuration for displaying a print image icon by the printer driver 25.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the printer driver 25 includes a printing condition receiving unit 26 that receives a printing condition such as a printing process condition that indicates one of double-sided printing, two-color printing, and single-color printing, and a first printing drum 41. And / or a color information receiving unit 27 that receives color information of ink printed by the second printing drum 51, a print processing condition received by the printing condition receiving unit 26, and a color information received by the color information receiving unit 27. And a display control unit 28 for displaying a print image icon on the monitor 29 of the computer 1. The operation of each part will be described in detail later.

  Next, the operation of the stencil printing system of this embodiment will be described.

  First, the operation of causing the printer driver 25 of the computer 1 to display a user interface on the monitor 29, receiving print processing conditions by the user interface, and displaying icons corresponding to the print processing conditions will be described with reference to FIGS. This will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

  First, a print processing condition selection screen as shown in FIG. 3 is displayed on the monitor 29 by the printer driver 25. In this print processing condition selection screen, as shown in FIG. 3, a pull-down menu for “double-sided printing” is displayed (inside the dotted square in FIG. 3). Is selected by the user (S10 in FIG. 9).

  If “ON” is selected in the “duplex printing” pull-down menu (S10 of FIG. 9, YES), the printing condition accepting unit 26 accepts the duplex instruction signal, and the display control unit 28 informs the fact. Informed. At this time, the display control unit 28 prints the icon A1 indicating the color information of the surface printed by the first printing unit 40 and the second printing unit 50 as shown in the one-dot chain line in FIG. The icon A2 indicating the color information on the back surface is displayed separately. It is assumed that the icon A1 and the icon A2 that are displayed first are displayed in colors determined by default.

  Here, the lower right fold image in the icon A1 indicates that the icon A1 indicates the color information of the front surface, and the lower left cut image in the icon A2 indicates that the icon A2 indicates the color information of the back surface. Represents that.

  Furthermore, the lower right fold image in the icon A1 and the lower left cut-in image in the icon A2 represent a long side binding. In the present embodiment, long edge binding is set as a default, and icons A1 and A2 as shown in FIG. 3 are initially displayed.

  After duplex printing is selected as described above, the user switches from the print processing condition selection screen shown in FIG. 3 to the color information selection screen shown in FIG. On the color information selection screen shown in FIG. 4, a color information input enabled state for one color and a color information input enabled state for two colors can be selected by radio buttons (inside the dotted square in FIG. 4).

  When double-sided printing is selected on the print processing condition selection screen as described above, the two-color color information input enabled state is automatically selected in conjunction with this selection.

  In the color information selection screen, the color information of the ink used in the first printing drum 41 (drum I ink color), the color information of the ink used in the second printing drum (drum II ink color), and Are selectable by pull-down menus, and each color information is selected by the user. At this time, the user selects the color information of the ink in the ink container loaded in each of the first and second printing drums 41 and 51 from the pull-down menu.

  When both “Drum I ink color” and “Drum II ink color” are selected by the user, the selected color information is received by the color information receiving unit 27 (S12 in FIG. 9), and the color information is displayed. Each color information received by the receiving unit 27 is output to the display control unit 28.

  Next, the display control unit 28 checks whether “long edge binding” is set or “short edge binding” is set (S14 in FIG. 9). If “long edge” is set (S14 in FIG. 9, YES), the icon A3 is displayed on the color information selection screen shown in FIG. 4 based on the color information received by the color information receiving unit 27. In addition, the icon A4 is displayed, and the icon A1 and the icon A2 of the same color as the icon A3 and the icon A4 are displayed on the print processing condition selection screen shown in FIG. 3 in conjunction with this display (S16 in FIG. 9). As shown in FIG. 4, when “Black” is selected as the “Drum I ink color” and “Red” is selected as the “Drum II ink color”, the icon A1 and the icon A3 are displayed in black, and the icon A2 The icon A4 is displayed in red.

  On the other hand, when “short edge binding” is set (S14 of FIG. 9, NO), the display control unit 28 displays the color shown in FIG. 4 based on the color information received by the color information reception unit 27. A black icon A5 and a red icon A6 as shown in FIG. 5 are displayed on the information selection screen and the print processing condition selection screen shown in FIG. 3 (S18 in FIG. 9). In the case of “long side binding”, the fold image is displayed on the long side on the right side, and the cut image is displayed on the long side on the left side. However, in the case of “short side binding”, as shown in FIG. The fold image is displayed on the lower short side, and the cut image is displayed on the upper short side.

  Note that the setting of “long edge binding” and “short edge binding” may be performed by the user on an arbitrary setting screen (not shown), or double-sided printing on the print processing condition selection screen shown in FIG. In the pull-down menu, one of double-sided printing “OFF”, “long edge binding”, and “short edge binding” can be selected, and selection of “long edge binding” or “short edge binding” is accepted. Thus, the setting of the double-sided printing and the setting of the binding direction may be received.

  Further, the color information of the ink selected on the color information selection screen shown in FIG. 4 is output to the stencil printing apparatus 2. In the stencil printing apparatus 2, the color of the ink on the printing drum loaded in the main body is compared with the color of the ink output from the printer driver 25. Start processing and print processing. If they do not match, a warning message such as "Check ink color, Drum Ixx, Drum IIxx" is displayed on the operation panel (not shown). To do. Note that the color of ink set by the printer driver 25 is displayed in “XX”.

  The above is the operation of the icon display when double-sided printing is selected on the print processing condition selection screen shown in FIG.

  Next, the operation of icon display when “OFF” is selected in the “duplex printing” pull-down menu on the print processing condition selection screen shown in FIG. 3 will be described.

  When “OFF” is selected in the “duplex printing” pull-down menu (S10, NO in FIG. 9), the display control unit 28 confirms whether single-color printing or two-color printing is instructed. (S20) Before the user makes a particular setting, the printing condition reception unit 26 receives a monochrome instruction signal for instructing monochrome printing as a default. Then, this is notified to the display control unit 28.

  At this time, the display control unit 28 displays only the icon A7 indicating the color information of the surface printed by the first printing unit 40, as shown in the alternate long and short dash line square in FIG. It is assumed that the icon A7 displayed first is displayed in a default color.

  Then, the user switches from the print processing condition selection screen shown in FIG. 6 to the color information selection screen shown in FIG. At this time, on the color information selection screen shown in FIG. 7, an icon A8 having the same color as the icon A7 displayed on the print processing condition selection screen shown in FIG. 6 is displayed.

  If “OFF” is selected in “Double-sided printing” on the print processing condition selection screen as described above, the color information input enabled state for one color is automatically selected in conjunction with this selection. Is done.

  Here, when the user wants to perform monochromatic printing, the radio button is left as it is, and ink color information used in the first printing drum 41 that performs monochromatic printing is selected from the “printing ink color” pull-down menu. Is selected. At this time, the user selects the color information of the ink in the ink container loaded on the first printing drum 41 from the pull-down menu.

  When “print ink color” is selected by the user, the selected color information is received by the color information receiving unit 27, and each color information received by the color information receiving unit 27 is output to the display control unit 28. The

  Then, based on the color information received by the color information receiving unit 27, the icon A8 is displayed on the color information selection screen shown in FIG. 7, and the print processing condition selection screen shown in FIG. The icon A7 having the same color as the icon A8 is displayed (S22 in FIG. 9). As shown in FIG. 7, when “red” is selected as the “printing ink color”, the icons A7 and A8 are displayed in red.

  On the other hand, when the user wants to perform two-color printing after switching to the color information selection screen shown in FIG. 7, the user selects the “two-color printing” radio button, and printing is performed by selecting this radio button. The condition receiving unit 26 receives a two-color instruction signal for instructing two-color printing. Then, this is notified to the display control unit 28.

  When two-color printing is selected on the color information selection screen as described above, it is possible to input two-color information.

  In the color information selection screen, the color information of the ink used in the first printing drum 41 (drum I ink color), the color information of the ink used in the second printing drum (drum II ink color), and Are each selected by the user via a pull-down menu. At this time, the user selects the color information of the ink in the ink container loaded in each of the first and second printing drums 41 and 51 from the pull-down menu.

  When both “Drum I ink color” and “Drum II ink color” are selected by the user, the selected color information is received by the color information receiving unit 27 (S24 in FIG. 9), and the color information is displayed. Each color information received by the receiving unit 27 is output to the display control unit 28.

  Next, on the color information selection screen shown in FIG. 7, the display control unit 28 displays an icon indicating that the printing is two-color printing as shown in FIG. 8 based on each color information received by the color information receiving unit 27. In addition to the display, an icon of the same color as the icon shown in FIG. 8 is also displayed on the print processing condition selection screen shown in FIG. 6 in conjunction with this display (S26 in FIG. 9).

  The above is the operation of the icon display when “double-sided printing” is “OFF” and single-color printing or two-color printing is selected on the print processing condition selection screen shown in FIG.

  Note that the color information of the ink selected on the color information selection screen shown in FIG. 7 is output to the stencil printing apparatus 2. In the stencil printing apparatus 2, the color of the ink on the printing drum loaded in the main body is compared with the color of the ink output from the printer driver 25. Start processing and print processing. If they do not match, check the ink color on the operation panel (not shown) of the main unit, “Drum Ixx” or “Check the ink color. Warning messages such as “Ixx, Drum IIxx” are displayed. Note that the color of ink set by the printer driver 25 is displayed in “XX”.

  Next, the operation of the stencil printing apparatus 2 of the present embodiment will be described.

  As described above, the stencil printing apparatus 2 of the present embodiment is configured to be capable of single-color printing, two-color printing, and double-sided printing, and based on the print processing conditions output from the printer driver 25 of the computer 1. However, first, the operation of monochromatic printing will be described with reference to FIGS.

  First, print data generated by the printer driver 25 of the computer 1 and print processing conditions indicating monochromatic printing are output to the stencil printing apparatus 2.

  The print data is output to the first plate making unit 30, and the stencil sheet M is perforated using the thermal head 31 of the first plate making unit 30 based on the print data, and the plate making process is performed. Done.

  Then, the plate subjected to the plate making process in the first plate making unit 30 is wound around the first printing drum 41 and the printing operation is executed. Note that the plate-making process and the printing operation on the second printing drum 51 side are not performed during monochromatic printing.

  Specifically, ink is supplied to the inside of the first printing drum 41 by an ink supply pump (not shown), and the first printing drum 41 is rotationally driven. Then, at a predetermined timing in synchronism with the rotation of the first printing drum 41, the printing paper P1 is fed from the paper feed table 21 by the primary paper feed roller 22 and once comes into contact with the secondary paper feed roller 23. 1 is conveyed from the left to the right in FIG. 1 by the secondary paper feed roller 23 at a predetermined timing, and is supplied between the first printing drum 41 and the first press roller 42.

  The printing paper P1 is pressed against the printing paper P1 by the first press roller 42 against the stencil stencil sheet M wound around the outer peripheral surface of the first printing drum 41. Is done.

  When the first printing drum 41 is rotated by a predetermined angle and the monochrome stencil printing on the printing paper P1 is completed, the printed printing paper P2 is removed from the first printing drum 41 by the first separation claw 43. It is separated and conveyed toward the intermediate conveyance belt 62 along the guide surface on the lower surface of the first separation claw 43.

  Here, at the time of monochromatic printing, the gate member 61 is moved so as to enter the escape portion 49 of the curved conveyance portion 44 as shown in FIG. As a result, the upper guide surface of the front end portion of the gate member 61 can be positioned below the paper transport path (dotted arrow in FIG. 10), so that the front end of the printed printing paper P2 collides with the front end of the gate member 61. This can prevent clogging.

  Then, the printed printing paper P2 is conveyed along the upper guide surface other than the tip portion of the gate member 61, and is subsequently conveyed by the conveying belt 62a. The printed printing paper P2 is further guided by the upper guide surface of the flap member 63 and conveyed to the second printing drum side.

  Here, at the time of monochromatic printing, the flap member 63 is positioned so that the printed printing paper P2 guided by the flap member 63 does not come into contact with either the second printing drum 51 or the second press roller 52. Has moved. Note that the second press roller 52 is moved to a position farther from the second printing drum 51 than during two-color printing and double-sided printing during single-color printing.

  The printed printing paper P <b> 2 guided by the flap member 63 is conveyed to the paper discharge table 81 by the paper discharge feed belt unit 72 and stacked on the paper discharge table 81.

  Next, the operation of two-color printing in the stencil printing apparatus 2 of the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS.

  First, the first color print data and the second color print data generated by the printer driver 25 of the computer 1 and the print processing conditions indicating the two-color printing are output to the stencil printing apparatus 2.

  Then, the first color print data is output to the first plate making unit 30 and is applied to the stencil sheet M using the thermal head 31 of the first plate making unit 30 based on the first color print data. The perforation is performed and the plate making process is performed.

  Similarly, the second color print data is output to the second plate making unit 35, and the stencil sheet M is printed using the thermal head 36 of the second plate making unit 35 based on the second color print data. On the other hand, perforation is performed and plate making processing is performed.

  The plate subjected to the plate making process in the first plate making unit 30 is wound around the first printing drum 41, and the plate subjected to the plate making process in the second plate making unit 35 is used as the second printing drum. The print operation is executed.

  Specifically, ink is supplied to the inside of the first and second printing drums 41 and 51 by an ink supply pump (not shown), and the first and second printing drums 41 and 51 are rotationally driven. Then, the printing paper P1 is fed out from the paper feed tray 21 by the primary paper feed roller 22 at a predetermined timing in synchronization with the rotation of the first and second print drums 41 and 51, and once the secondary paper feed roller 23 is reached. 1 is formed by the secondary paper feed roller 23 from the left to the right in FIG. 1 at a predetermined timing, and is supplied between the first printing drum 41 and the first press roller 42. The Then, the printing paper P1 is pressed against the printing paper P1 by the first press roller 42 against the stencil stencil sheet M wound around the outer peripheral surface of the first printing drum 41. Stencil printing is performed.

  When the first printing drum 41 rotates by a predetermined angle and the first color stencil printing on the printing paper P1 is completed, the printed printing paper P2 is fed by the first separation claw 43 to the first printing drum. It is separated from 41 and conveyed toward the intermediate conveyance belt 62 along the guide surface on the lower surface of the first separation claw 43.

  Note that the position of the gate member 61 during two-color printing is the same as the position during single-color printing, as shown in FIG.

  Then, the printed printing paper P2 is conveyed along the upper guide surface other than the tip portion of the gate member 61, and is subsequently conveyed by the conveying belt 62a. The printed printing paper P2 is further guided by the upper guide surface of the flap member 63 and conveyed toward the second printing drum.

  Here, at the time of two-color printing, the flap member 63 has a predetermined print on the second printing drum 51 shown in FIG. 11 such that the front end of the printed printing paper P2 guided by the upper guide surface of the flap member 63 It is moved to a position where it abuts on the start position P. That is, it is moved to a position above the position of the flap member 63 at the time of monochrome printing. In addition, the dotted line arrow in FIG. 11 has shown the conveyance path | route of the printed printing paper P2. It is assumed that the press roller 52 has moved to a position in contact with the second printing drum 51 during two-color printing.

  Then, the printed printing paper P2 guided by the upper guide surface of the flap member 63 abuts on the printing start position P of the printing drum 51, and then the second printing drum 51 and the second press roller 52 are in contact with each other. Supplied in between.

  Then, the printing surface of the printed printing paper P2 is pressed against the stencil stencil sheet M wound around the outer peripheral surface of the second printing drum 51 by the second press roller 52, whereby the printed printing paper P2 is printed. Second color stencil printing is performed on the printing surface.

  When the second printing drum 51 rotates by a predetermined angle and the second color stencil printing on the printing surface of the printed printing paper P2 is completed, the two-color printed printing paper P3 is transferred to the second separation nail. The separated two-color printed paper P3 is separated from the second printing drum 51 by 53 and conveyed to the paper discharge table 81 by the paper discharge belt 72 and stacked on the paper discharge table 81.

  Next, the operation of double-sided printing in the stencil printing apparatus 2 of this embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. 1 and FIG.

  First, the front surface print data and the back surface print data generated by the printer driver 25 of the computer 1 and the print processing conditions indicating double-sided printing are output to the stencil printing apparatus 2.

  The surface printing data is output to the first plate making unit 30, and the stencil sheet M is punched using the thermal head 31 of the first plate making unit 30 based on the surface printing data. The plate making process is performed.

  Similarly, the printing data on the back side is output to the second plate making unit 35, and the stencil sheet M is punched using the thermal head 36 of the second plate making unit 35 based on the printing data on the back side. The plate making process is performed.

  The plate subjected to the plate making process in the first plate making unit 30 is wound around the first printing drum 41, and the plate subjected to the plate making process in the second plate making unit 35 is used as the second printing drum. The print operation is executed.

  Specifically, ink is supplied to the inside of the first and second printing drums 41 and 51 by an ink supply pump (not shown), and the first and second printing drums 41 and 51 are rotationally driven. Then, the printing paper P1 is fed out from the paper feed tray 21 by the primary paper feed roller 22 at a predetermined timing in synchronization with the rotation of the first and second print drums 41 and 51, and once the secondary paper feed roller 23 is reached. 1 is formed by the secondary paper feed roller 23 from the left to the right in FIG. 1 at a predetermined timing, and is supplied between the first printing drum 41 and the first press roller 42. The Then, the printing paper P1 is pressed against the printing paper P1 by the first press roller 42 against the stencil stencil sheet M wound around the outer peripheral surface of the first printing drum 41. Is done.

  When the first printing drum 41 rotates by a predetermined angle and the stencil printing on the surface of the printing paper P1 is completed, the printed printing paper P2 is removed from the first printing drum 41 by the first separation claw 43. It is separated and conveyed toward the intermediate conveyance belt 62 along the guide surface on the lower surface of the first separation claw 43.

  Here, at the time of double-sided printing, as shown in FIG. 12, the gate member 61 has a printed surface on which the lower guide surface of the gate member 61 is lower than the guide surface on the lower surface of the first separation claw 43. The position is moved away from the transport path of P2. As a result, the lower guide surface of the front end portion of the gate member 61 can be placed above the paper transport path (dotted arrow in FIG. 12), so that the front end of the printed printing paper P2 collides with the front end of the gate member 61. This can prevent clogging.

  The printed printing paper P <b> 2 is conveyed along the lower guide surface other than the front end portion of the gate member 61, and is subsequently conveyed to the intermediate stock unit 46 by the curved conveyance unit 44.

  After the printed printing paper P2 is stocked in the intermediate stock section 46 for a certain period of time, the printed paper P2 is discharged from the intermediate stock section 46 with the printing surface facing downward (the unprinted surface is the upper side), The paper is picked up by the tertiary paper feed roller 47 and once forms a slack in contact with the quaternary paper feed roller 48, and then conveyed toward the second printing drum by the fourth paper feed roller 48 at a predetermined timing.

  Here, at the time of double-sided printing, the flap member 63 has a predetermined print on the second printing drum 51 shown in FIG. 12 such that the front end of the printed printing paper P2 guided by the lower guide surface of the flap member 63 It is moved to a position where it abuts on the start position P. That is, it is moved to a position above the position of the flap member 63 during two-color printing. In addition, the dotted line arrow in FIG. 7 has shown the conveyance path | route of the printed printing paper P2. Further, it is assumed that the press roller 52 has moved to a position in contact with the second printing drum 51 during double-sided color printing. Further, the print start position P in the two-color printing and the print start position P in the double-side printing shown in FIG. 6 are the same position.

  Then, after the printed printing paper P2 guided by the lower guide surface of the flap member 63 contacts the printing start position P of the printing drum 51, the second printing drum 51, the second press roller 52, Supplied during.

  Then, the unprinted surface of the printed printing paper P2 is pressed against the stencil stencil sheet M wound around the outer peripheral surface of the second printing drum 51 by the second press roller 52, so that the printed printing paper is printed. Backside stencil printing is performed on the unprinted surface of P2.

  Then, when the second printing drum 51 rotates by a predetermined angle and the stencil printing on the back side of the unprinted surface of the printing-processed printing paper P2 is completed, the double-sided printing paper P3 becomes the second separation claw 53. Is separated from the second printing drum 51, and the separated double-side printed paper P <b> 3 is conveyed to the paper discharge table 81 by the paper discharge feed belt unit 72 and stacked on the paper discharge table 81.

  In the above description of the embodiment, the case where the stencil printing apparatus 2 performs single color printing, two color printing, and double-sided printing based on the print data output from the computer 1 has been described. These printing processes may be performed based on the image data read by the image reading unit 10 of the printing apparatus 2.

  In the stencil printing system of the above embodiment, the color information receiving unit 27 of the printer driver 25 of the computer 1 receives the color information selected by the user in the user interface. You may make it receive the color information output from the apparatus 2. FIG.

  Specifically, color information selected by the user may be received by an operation unit including a touch panel provided in the stencil printing apparatus 2.

  Further, as an ink container to be loaded in the first and second printing drums 41 and 51 of the stencil printing apparatus 2, a tab having a memory for storing color information of ink stored in the ink container is provided. Using the ink container, the stencil printing apparatus 2 reads the color information from the tab and outputs it to the computer 1, and the color information receiving unit 27 in the computer 1 is loaded on the first and second printing drums 41 and 51. You may make it receive the color information each read from the tab of the ink container.

  In the stencil printing system of the above embodiment, the printer driver 25 further displays an icon that associates the printing drum with color information printed by the printing drum as shown in FIG. 13 on the screen of the user interface. You may make it display.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Computer 2 Stencil printing apparatus 10 Image reading part 20 Paper feed part 25 Printer driver 26 Printing condition reception part 27 Color information reception part 28 Display control part 29 Monitor 30 1st plate making part 35 2nd plate making part 40 1st printing Unit 46 intermediate stock unit 50 second printing unit 80 paper discharge unit

Claims (16)

A printing condition setting device for receiving printing conditions in a stencil printing device capable of printing different colors on different surfaces of a printing paper using two printing drums,
A printing condition receiving unit that receives a double-sided instruction signal for instructing double-sided printing;
A color information receiving unit that receives input of the color information of one of the surfaces and the color information of the other surface;
When a double-side instruction signal is received by the printing condition reception unit, an icon indicating the color information of the one surface and the color information of the other surface are displayed based on the color information received by the color information reception unit. A printing condition setting device comprising: a display control unit for separately displaying icons to be displayed.   2. The printing condition setting device according to claim 1, wherein the color information receiving unit receives the color information of the one surface and the color information of the other surface output from the stencil printing apparatus. . The ink container loaded in the stencil printing apparatus has storage means for storing color information of ink stored in the ink container;
The color information receiving unit receives color information read from storage means of the ink container loaded in the two printing drums as color information of the one surface and the other surface, respectively. The printing condition setting device according to claim 2.   The printing condition setting device according to claim 1, wherein the display control unit displays information indicating a front surface and information indicating a back surface together with the icon.   5. The printing condition setting apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the display control unit displays information indicating a long side binding or information indicating a short side binding together with the icon.   6. The printing condition setting apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the display control unit displays information of a printing drum that prints the color information together with the color information. The stencil printing apparatus is capable of monochrome printing on one surface of printing paper using one of the two printing drums,
The printing condition reception unit receives a monochrome instruction signal instructing to perform monochrome printing;
7. The display control unit according to claim 1, wherein, when a single color instruction signal is received by the instruction receiving unit, the display control unit switches to display only an icon indicating color information of the one surface. The printing condition setting device according to claim 1. The stencil printing apparatus is capable of printing two different colors on one side of printing paper using two printing drums,
The printing condition receiving unit receives a two-color instruction signal instructing to perform two-color printing;
2. The display control unit, when a two-color instruction signal is received by the instruction receiving unit, switches to display only an icon indicating two color information on the one surface. 8. The printing condition setting device according to any one of 7 to 7. A printing condition setting program for causing a computer to execute a procedure for receiving printing conditions in a stencil printing apparatus capable of printing different colors on different surfaces of a printing paper using two printing drums,
A procedure for receiving a double-sided instruction signal instructing to perform double-sided printing;
A procedure of receiving input of color information of one of the surfaces and color information of the other surface;
A procedure for separately displaying an icon indicating the color information of the one surface and an icon indicating the color information of the other surface based on the received color information when the double-side instruction signal is received; A printing condition setting program that is executed.   The printing condition setting program according to claim 9, wherein a procedure for receiving the color information of the one surface and the color information of the other surface output from the stencil printing apparatus is executed. The ink container loaded in the stencil printing apparatus has storage means for storing color information of ink stored in the ink container;
11. A procedure for receiving color information respectively read from storage means of the ink containers loaded on the two printing drums as color information on the one surface and the other surface is executed. Print condition setting program.   12. The printing condition setting program according to claim 9, wherein a procedure for displaying information indicating the front side and information indicating the back side together with the icon is executed.   13. The printing condition setting program according to claim 9, wherein a procedure for displaying information indicating a long side binding or information indicating a short side binding together with the icon is executed.   14. The printing condition setting program according to claim 9, wherein a procedure for displaying information of a printing drum that performs printing of the color information together with the color information is executed. The stencil printing apparatus is capable of monochrome printing on one surface of printing paper using one of the two printing drums,
Receiving a monochrome instruction signal instructing to perform the monochrome printing;
The print condition setting according to any one of claims 9 to 14, wherein when the single color instruction signal is received, a procedure for switching to display of only an icon indicating color information of the one surface is executed. program. The stencil printing apparatus is capable of printing two different colors on one side of printing paper using two printing drums,
Receiving a two-color instruction signal instructing to perform the two-color printing;
The procedure for switching to display of only an icon indicating two color information on the one surface when the two-color instruction signal is received is performed. Print condition setting program.